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Amy Tan

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Also known as Amy Ruth Tan

American novelist

Person · Open Library

Born
1952
Works
55

Top works

  • The Valley Of Amazement
  • Xi fu hui
  • Những linh cảm bí ẩn
  • Untitled Amy Tan
  • Opposite of Fate

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Writing · Oakland, California, USA

Known for

  • M on the Bund — Self2024
  • Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir — Self2021
  • The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin — Self2017
  • Brainwave2011
  • Hollywood Chinese — Self2007
  • The Joy Luck Club — Party Guest (uncredited)1993
  • The Rock Bottom Remainders — Self1992
  • The Simpsons — Amy Tan (voice)1989

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1952

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
796
Total plays
3,844

Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Enmei; Cantonese Yale: Taam Yanmei; born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film. The book has been translated into 35 languages. Tan has written several other bestselling novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter and Saving Fish From Drowning. <a hr

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Quotes

  • My father has asked me to be the fourth corner at the Joy Luck Club. I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty since she died two months ago. My father thinks she was killed by her own thoughts.
  • Over the years, she told me the same story, except for the ending, which grew darker, casting long shadows into her life, and eventually into mine.
  • Your father is not my first husband. You are not those babies.
  • Even though I was young, I could see the pain of the flesh and the worth of the pain.
  • I was no longer scared. I could see what was inside me.
  • After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.

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Key facts

Born
Amy Ruth Tan , ( 1952-02-19 ) February 19, 1952 (age 74) , Oakland, California , U.S.
Occupation
Writer
Education
San Jose State University ( BA , MA )
Notable works
The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001)
Notable awards
National Humanities Medal
Spouse
Lou DeMattei (m. 1974)
Traditional chinese
譚恩美
Simplified chinese
谭恩美
Hanyu pinyin
Tán Ēnměi
Jyutping
Taam4 Jan1mei5

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Amy Tan’s website

amytan.net

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Official website
www.amytan.net
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date of birth
1952-02-19
Commons category
Amy Tan
start of work period
1989-00-00
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Website www.amytan.net

Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.

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